Carles Puyol may have retired from football after a decade as captain of Barcelona this year but it seems the 36-year-old is maintaining his fitness in fine fashion - after being pictured lifting his girlfriend in an awesome yoga pose.

Barcelona captain Carles Puyol admitted the news Eric Abidal is to have a liver transplant, a year after he had a tumour removed from the same organ, was a 'rude awakening' for the squad, but backed the Frenchman to return from his latest setback.

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Carles Puyol has described Cesc Fabregas as "perfect" for the Catalan giants on a day when the Arsenal captain's father expressed his belief that the Gunners will, reluctantly, end up allowing their prize asset to leave.

Gloom has descended on Barcelona, despite having cruised through to the last eight of the Champions League, with a new injury setback to live-wire forward Lionel Messi. The 20-year-old left the pitch in tears late in the first half of his side’s 1-0 win over Celtic on Tuesday with a thigh muscle tear in his […]

Thierry Henry scored a hat-trick to steer Barcelona to a 4-1 win at bottom club Levante in the Primera Liga on Saturday. The France striker had notched his first Barca goal in the 3-0 victory over Olympique Lyon in the Champions League last week and broke his Primera Liga duck with two early goals against […]

Big draw: Ronaldinho Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Juninho will all take part in a star-studded clash between a Europe XI and Manchester United at Old Trafford tomorrow night. The match is a joint 50th anniversary celebration of the creation of the European Union and of United becoming the first English side to play in UEFA’s European […]

Ukraine’s World Cup debut ended in a 4-0 drubbing by perennial underachievers Spain in the draining Leipzig heat. An Alonso goal opened the scoring, before David Villa – chosen ahead of Raul by coach Luis Aragones â added two more, before Fernando Torres’ fine effort wrapped things up. In temperatures of over 33 degrees, the […]